Sustainability in the Industry

Fine Craft and Repair

Impacts, Risks and Opportunities

Sustainability in Fine Craft and Repair

Good for the environment, good for your wallet – repairing everyday objects makes our consumer society more sustainable. Repair cafés and neighborhood initiatives are spurring the trend of using what you buy for longer and thus conserving resources.

Many companies are now relying on “refurbishing”, i.e. the quality-assured overhaul and repair of products for the purpose of reuse and marketing. Particularly in the electronics industry, which produces computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, televisions, e-books, music and video devices as well as other electronic consumer goods, the refurbishment and general overhaul of used and no longer needed models plays an important transformational role.
Products that contain valuable raw materials often get a second life. This is important in times when electronic waste still ends up in unsecured landfills in countries in the Global South and is dismantled by people there under precarious and health-damaging conditions. New business models are emerging around “second hand” devices and products in the private sector or in companies. Secondary use saves money, resources and CO2 emissions.

The industry includes, for example, the repair of computers and telecommunications devices, consumer electronics and other consumer goods. Companies that manufacture electronic devices are in the “Electrical Engineering & Electronics”, “Information Technology” or “Consumer Electronics” sectors.

Industry Materiality

Key Fields and Topics in the Industry 

 

Sustainability is different by industry. Learn key material filed and topics in Fine Craft and Repair.

 

Climate

Climate protection

Resources

Circular economy

Value Chain

Employees

Society

End-consumers

EU NACE Classification 

Industry NACE Classes

Unsure if the industry is the right one? A comparison with the EU’s granular NACE classification Rev. 2.1 provides clarity.

Included NACE classes in the industry

T 95.1 Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment
T 95.10 Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment
T 95.2 Repair and maintenance of personal and household goods
T 95.21 Repair and maintenance of consumer electronics
T 95.22 Repair and maintenance of household appliances and home and garden equipment
T 95.23 Repair and maintenance of footwear and leather goods
T 95.24 Repair and maintenance of furniture and home furnishings
T 95.25 Repair and maintenance of watches, clocks and jewellery
T 95.29 Repair and maintenance of personal and household goods n.e.c.
T 95.4 Intermediation service activities for repair and maintenance of computers, personal and household goods, and motor vehicles and motorcycles
T 95.40 Intermediation service activities for repair and maintenance of computers, personal and household goods, and motor vehicles and motorcycles

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